In a vodka sauce, the vodka helps maintain a cohesive texture, allowing the creaminess to meld with the tomato base. And sure, you could use wine to the same effect, but in a sauce as rich as vodka sauce, it's better to use a small amount of alcohol that will impart as little of its own flavor as possible.

Ingredients : Imported San Marzano Whole Peeled Tomatoes, California Whole Peeled and Crushed Tomatoes, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Fresh Onions, Fresh Carrots, Fresh Garlic, Pear Concentrate, Spices.

Silver Palate Pasta Sauce is delicious, nutritious, frugal and fun and contains more lycopene antioxidants than tomatoes so they truly are better both in taste, texture and health.

Vodka does alter the flavor of the sauce in a pleasing way. It adds a touch of heat and a bit of a sharp bite that help balance out the sweetness of the tomatoes and the cream.

The pure alcohol apparently helps intensify and accentuate flavors in the dish, among other claims. A bowl of penne alla vodka topped with grated cheese. The recipe became very popular in Italy and in the United States around the 1980s, when it was offered to discotheque customers.

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• Country of origin. Made in Australia from at least 12% Australian ingredients.
• Ingredients. Tomatoes (90%) (Puree, Diced), Onion (3%), Sugar, Canola Oil , Salt, Garlic, Herbs and Spices, Acidity Regulators (Acetic Acid, Citric Acid)
• Nutritional information. Serving/pack: 5 Serving size: 125g.
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The Silver Palate shop, which had been sold to new owners in 1988, closed its doors in 1993, although a brand of sauces and condiments bearing its name continues to be sold.

Dave's Gourmet - White Truffle Marinara Sauce This rather opulent pasta sauce is handmade in Dave's kitchen and contains vine-ripened tomatoes, white truffles, and edible gold flakes. Residing in a handcrafted wooden box, this sauce was a limited edition offering only selling for a resectable $1000 per jar.

Testers rated the sauces on texture, flavor, and seasoning.

• Best Standard Tomato Sauce: Prego.
• Best Tomato Sauce That Could Pass As Homemade: Rao's.
• Most Flavorful Tomato Sauce: Trader Joe's.

While there are many variations of the prized Pink Sauce, our homemade vodka sauce features hand-crushed tomatoes, chopped onions, heavy cream, a bit of pork fat, grated Parmesan, crushed red pepper flakes - and of course, a splash of vodka. The vodka isn't meant to flavor the sauce, but enhance the flavors of the sauce.

What is Vodka Sauce? Vodka sauce contains 3 major components: tomatoes, Italian herbs, and vodka. Strega by Nick Varano uses vine tomatoes mixed with heavy cream to create a smooth and velvety sauce served over penne pasta. Flour is occasionally added to the recipe to thicken the consistency if the sauce.

What's in Vodka Sauce? Vodka sauce is a tomato-based sauce that's spiked with a hint of vodka for extra tanginess, then softened with a splash of heavy cream that gives the sauce a gorgeous reddish-orange color. It can be used in a wide variety of Italian recipes.

Pasta products contain milled wheat, water, and occasionally eggs and/or optional ingredients. Pasta manufacturers typically use milled durum wheat (semolina, durum granulars, and durum flour) in pasta production, although farina and flour from common wheat are occasionally used.

Coarse semolina obtained from durum wheat and water are the main ingredients of conventional pasta products. The amount of gluten and quality level of durum wheat, are two important factors for the superiority of finished pasta.

The Silver Palate Cookbook is the exception. Published in 1982 by Manhattan-based duo Sheila Lukins and Julee Rosso, its recipes mix Spanish, Mediterranean, and Asian flavors in a time when everyone was obsessed with French cooking techniques.

In September the two women and A.M.A. sold the Silver Palate, which is at 274 Columbus Avenue (at 73d Street). The new owner, Peter Harris, said he would keep the image of class, while trying to make sales more mass.